• The Mage Underground fractures: traditionalists fear Reina’s techno-sorcery.

• Human Hunters (a remnant of prewar Shinto exorcists) form new alliances, seeing an opportunity to end all inhuman rule.

• The Western Syndicate (European vampires Invictus backed by Lancea et Sanctum) - arrived in Osaka, intent on profiting from the chaos.

• The Ghost Net — a rogue digital consciousness claiming to be “MIK0’s child.”

• Project Rebirth — a Mizuhara black op attempting to resurrect ancient kami as corporate AIs.